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Unidentified object caught on Hansville weather cam

Jun 11, 2018, 11:03 AM | Updated: 12:07 pm

An unidentified object was caught on camera in Hansville over the weekend.

One of Greg Johnson’s weather cams shows what he says “clearly looks like a very large missile launch from Whidbey Island.” Naval Air Station Whidbey Island is located in Oak Harbor.

A spokesperson for Naval Air Station Whidbey Island said, “we don’t have missile launch facilities at NAS Whidbey Island, so we’re not sure what this is.”

According to a Facebook post by Johnson, a long-time meteor observer said the object was “definitely not a meteor.”

University of Washington Professor of Atmospheric Sciences Cliff Mass says “it really looks like the ascent of a rocket.” However, he has never heard of rocket launches from Whidbey Island.

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